About this river
Church Branch is a 3.8 mile river near Fin Chaser Sportfishing Charters in Maryland. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Birch Branch at Showell, MD (site 0148471320). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2000 to 2025
Church Branch typically runs highest in February, at a median 7.6 cfs, and lowest in August, at 1.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 667 cfs, in 2013.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9 | 4.0 to 12 | |
| February | 7.6 | 5.0 to 14 | |
| March | 6.9 | 4.8 to 13 | |
| April | 5.3 | 3.5 to 9.2 | |
| May | 3.4 | 2.1 to 6.3 | |
| June | 1.9 | 1.3 to 3.5 | |
| July | 1.3 | 0.7 to 2.4 | |
| August | 1.1 | 0.7 to 2.7 | |
| September | 1.4 | 0.6 to 3.2 | |
| October | 2.0 | 1.0 to 4.0 | |
| November | 3.5 | 1.2 to 8.4 | |
| December | 6.1 | 2.9 to 13 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 25 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Birch Branch at Showell, MD (site 0148471320). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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